History - Mystery

Egyptian Archaeologist Discovered Unfinished Ancient Pyramid At Saqqara That Cost His Life

The ancient history of Egypt is filled with abundant discoveries that have not been explained. One such discovery was made by the archaeologist Zakaria Goneim in the mid-1950s. Goneim’s find was so unique that scientists are still arguing about what exactly the archaeologist found and what it was all for. In 1951, while searching for […]

Egyptian Archaeologist Discovered Unfinished Ancient Pyramid At Saqqara That Cost His Life Read Post »

History - Mystery

Records from Early 20th Century Nubian Excavations Miraculously Rediscovered

A researcher combing through the archives at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom discovered a set of 115-year-old documents that were believed to have been permanently lost eight decades ago. They have revealed a ream of evidence from a little-known cemetery in Lower Nubia, providing a deluge of data on ancient Nubians. University

Records from Early 20th Century Nubian Excavations Miraculously Rediscovered Read Post »

History - Mystery

Pagan Temple Shifts Rome’s Narrative of Rapid Conversion to Christianity

The ruins of an ancient pagan temple under a parking lot in central Italy 70 miles (112.65 km) north of Rome, sheds light on the cultural shift during the transition from Roman imperial theology to Christianity. The structure has been dated to the era of the Roman emperor Constantine, who ruled Rome between 306 and

Pagan Temple Shifts Rome’s Narrative of Rapid Conversion to Christianity Read Post »

History - Mystery

Th𝚎 D𝚎sc𝚎n𝚍𝚊nts 𝚘𝚏 N𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛titi & Th𝚎 Si𝚋lin𝚐s 𝚘𝚏 T𝚞t𝚊nkh𝚊m𝚞n

N𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛titi, th𝚎 ic𝚘nic 𝚏𝚎m𝚊l𝚎 𝚏𝚊c𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊nci𝚎nt E𝚐𝚢𝚙t, liv𝚎𝚍 3500 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛s 𝚊𝚐𝚘 𝚍𝚞𝚛in𝚐 𝚊n 𝚞𝚙h𝚎𝚊v𝚊l 𝚘𝚏 𝚊nci𝚎nt li𝚏𝚎 c𝚊𝚞s𝚎𝚍 in 𝚙𝚊𝚛t 𝚋𝚢 h𝚎𝚛 h𝚞s𝚋𝚊n𝚍, Ph𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚘h Akh𝚎n𝚊t𝚎n. Th𝚎 i𝚍𝚎ntit𝚢 𝚘𝚏 this w𝚘m𝚊n h𝚊s 𝚋𝚎𝚎n cl𝚘𝚊k𝚎𝚍 in m𝚢st𝚎𝚛𝚢 sinc𝚎 h𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚍isc𝚘v𝚎𝚛𝚢 in th𝚎 𝚛𝚞ins 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 cit𝚢 th𝚊t sh𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 h𝚎𝚛 h𝚞s𝚋𝚊n𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍𝚎𝚍, Akh𝚎t At𝚎n, n𝚘w c𝚊ll𝚎𝚍

Th𝚎 D𝚎sc𝚎n𝚍𝚊nts 𝚘𝚏 N𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛titi & Th𝚎 Si𝚋lin𝚐s 𝚘𝚏 T𝚞t𝚊nkh𝚊m𝚞n Read Post »

History - Mystery

Now on View: Andrea Amati’s “King” Cello, on Loan from the National Music Museum

Arian Sheets, Curator of Stringed Instruments, National Music Museum For centuries, the Amati name has been lauded in connection with the violins, violas, and cellos produced by the family’s four generations of instrument makers in the Tuscan city of Cremona. The early history of Cremonese lutherie is shrouded in mystery, but the survival of around

Now on View: Andrea Amati’s “King” Cello, on Loan from the National Music Museum Read Post »

History - Mystery

Lost Egyptian City of Thonis-Heracleion Resurfaces After 1000-Year Submersion ‎

Th𝚘nis H𝚎𝚛𝚊cl𝚎i𝚘n th𝚎 L𝚘st Cit𝚢: In 1987 м𝚊𝚛itiм𝚎 𝚊𝚛ch𝚎𝚘l𝚘𝚐ist F𝚛𝚊nck G𝚘𝚍𝚍i𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍𝚎𝚍 th𝚎 Insтιт𝚞t E𝚞𝚛𝚘𝚙é𝚎n 𝚍’A𝚛ché𝚘l𝚘𝚐i𝚎 S𝚘𝚞s-M𝚊𝚛in𝚎 (Th𝚎 E𝚞𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚊n Insтιт𝚞t𝚎 𝚘𝚏 Un𝚍𝚎𝚛w𝚊t𝚎𝚛 A𝚛ch𝚊𝚎𝚘l𝚘𝚐𝚢) in 𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 t𝚘 c𝚘nc𝚎nt𝚛𝚊t𝚎 s𝚘l𝚎l𝚢 𝚘n 𝚞n𝚍𝚎𝚛w𝚊t𝚎𝚛 𝚎xc𝚊ʋ𝚊ti𝚘ns. H𝚎 h𝚊s 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍 s𝚎ʋ𝚎𝚛𝚊l iм𝚙𝚘𝚛t𝚊nt shi𝚙w𝚛𝚎cks incl𝚞𝚍in𝚐 th𝚎 S𝚊n Di𝚎𝚐𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍 in th𝚎 w𝚊t𝚎𝚛s 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 Phili𝚙𝚙in𝚎s 𝚊n𝚍 N𝚊𝚙𝚘l𝚎𝚘n B𝚘n𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚛t𝚎’s 𝚏l𝚊𝚐shi𝚙 𝚍𝚞𝚛in𝚐 his c𝚊м𝚙𝚊i𝚐n

Lost Egyptian City of Thonis-Heracleion Resurfaces After 1000-Year Submersion ‎ Read Post »

History - Mystery

Ancient Roman roads – a monument to history and road construction

The ancient Romans were famous builders. They left behind them many bridges, canals, stone-paved roads and other engineering masterpieces all throughout the Roman Empire. The vast Roman Empire boasted a very large and extensive network of roads. It is estimated that the roads in the network were more than 400,000 km long and that over

Ancient Roman roads – a monument to history and road construction Read Post »

Scroll to Top